Here's One For You

[maverick]

Hi All,

Well this will probably raise a few smiles. A bit of a twist on the birth story.

My wife had to have an emergency C-Section so the Doc decided that I could be in the theatre whilst it was being performed along with our greatest friend, she is my wifes best friend and our two families are like one.

Anyway we all trundle down to the theatre in our blue clobber and they give us these masks to put on which we did. The nurse then arranges two stools for us to sit on so we could see the whole story as it happened. Well we were sitting there waiting whilst they gave my wife the spinal block, this was done about three times before it was finally done right. We were just sitting there and I asked my friend sitting next to me if her mask was really tight and she said "yes". I said " My mask seems awfully tight". Anyway I was looking around waiting for the Doc's to walk in from scrubbing up in the little room off to my left and suddenly in they trotted and started to position my wife. Well folks that's all she wrote, next thing I know I was being attended to by half the hospital staff! I had taken a swan dive off the stool and decided it was time to clean the theatre floor with my face. I came to with the doctors hovering over me trying to get me in some contorted position, I had blood streaming out of a nasty wound created by my teeth going through my top lip and my friend was trying her best to raise my legs.

All this was happening whilst my poor wife was lying unable to move, due to her spinal block, on the table wondering what the heck was happening. Apparantly after I performed my gold medal dive the OB activated the emergency alarm which is why people came from everywhere.

Well the result was I never saw anything of the birth as they wheeled me out to the recovery room to treat my injuries. Luckily our friend was there to take the video of the whole thing.

Now after the delivery they wheeled my wife out and placed her bed next to mine in recovery, what a sight that must have been for the staff. My wife was being looked after by the nursing staff in recovery whilst I had a plastic surgeon working on my face in the bed next to her.

What made it worse is the plastic surgeon tried to pump some local aenesthetic into my lip but he pushed the needle all the way through and filled my mouth with the stuff which sent my tongue to sleep. Then this other doctor came along to test me to see if I was compus mentus and here I was sounding like Kramer off Seinfeld after he had gone to the dentist.

The motto of the story is, don't do your mask up so tight that you keep rebreathing the same air as it is a sure way to black out.

[Starlet]

Thanks for sharing that with us!

Those masks need to come with a warning label!

[the_queen]

That is a great story!! Of course, it sux you missed the birth - but what a story to tell your child!!!

[Rockett]

That was funny! Glad you got the video to watch!

[Pixie]

I dunno lol too funny, my DPalmost fainted when I got my spinal block they sat him down with some water!!

do you have alittle scar? You can tell your kiddies this from when you were born

[Seekrit]

It's not often you hear about the stitches and the physical pain that the partner has to go through.
Had to steal the moment, didn't ya

Great story!!

[Mamaduke]

It must have been a terrible ordeal for you (both), although I did see the funny side of it...
Something similar happened with the c/section birth of our second son.
My DH, who on his best days, is a tad squeemish, had psyched himself up and was sitting behind me. Just as the ob performed his final cut I let out an almight scream - I could feel it!
Well with that, DH decides it's time to make an exit...off the stool and onto the floor!
Theatre staff go rushing to him and he was bundled out quick smart.
Even in my excrutiating pain, and just before the anaesthetist put me under a general, I did manage to comment, "He just cannot let me have the spotlight for a second!!!"
Thankfully the paed. that was in theatre picked up the video camera that DH had dropped on his way to the floor and filmed the birth for us.
We can laugh about it.....now.

[Tam-I-Am]

I had to have a bit of a giggle.

I'm sorry you missed the birth of your baby - but what a story to tell. It was good of your friend to film the birth so you could watch it later!

[mumslilspunks]

Sorry you missed the birth of your little one but gee i was ROTFPML!!!!!

[maverick]

Well I am glad my story has given you all a laugh, to answer one person question - yes I do have a scar now to commemorate the occasion. Luckily though it is only a small scar and not all that noticeable.